This image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft
narrow-angle camera on Feb. 18, 2005, at a distance of approximately
914,000 kilometers (568,000 miles) from Atlas. Resolution in the original
image was 5 kilometers (3 miles) per pixel. The image has been
contrast-enhanced and magnified by a factor of two to aid visibility.

When viewed from the dark (unlit) side, the rings are essentially an
inverse of their familiar appearance (see PIA06259) and PIA06548)
to compare the different views).

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science
Institute, Boulder, Colo.

For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit saturn.jpl.nasa.gov.
For additional images visit the Cassini imaging team homepage ciclops.org.